I might also add that through my own experience the auto configuration of a
serial port using the rc.serial file can at least for me give the wrong
settings to the system...I for whatever reason had changed my com2 settings
in the BIOS to non-standard settings and sure enough I couldn't seem to get
the darn COM port working...I've since started using the rc.serial file in
/etc/rc.d directory opting for the manual as opposed to the auto and I'm
living in modem bliss...also try not to use the /dev/modem many a FAQ and
HOWTOs suggest that we as users avoid /dev/modem and simply use /dev/ttyS?
because supposedly the developers will be dropping support for /dev/modem
linking??? Anyways make absolutely sure your COM2 is set to defaults in the
BIOS!!
Philip Hewitt
Power to the Penguin
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Philp
Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 4:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] guess need more suggestions
Pliler Main Unit wrote:
>
> HI,
> Here is brief desc of my problem the past 3 days or so.
> I installed 5.3 a week ago today, at that time I did not
> have nor configure a modem during setup.
> I now have an external serial port (com2) modem, and
> can't get it to be recognized in spite on DAN, and GILBERT'S
> very much appreciated suggestions.
> MY question now, is can I re- installl over the old installation
> and have during set up the modem configured?
> Thanks,
A few debugging suggestions:
1) Check to see if the comport that the external modem is attached to
is recognized at boottime. Use dmesg to see the boot messages.
2) Check that the IRQ and IO settings are correct for the comport.
setserial should be able to provide this information.
3) Check that /dev/modem is linked to the correct comport. Remember
that you need to subtract 1 from the COM number to get ttyS numbers (ie
COM1 = ttyS0, COM2 = ttyS1).
Let me know if any of these hunt out the problem.
--
Steve Philp
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